Halloween Baking Championship

I hate all the CRAZY costumes. It's too much for me! Some of them are so hideous-looking, and I'm just a person who is very "particular," so looking at the judges' costumes makes me cringe and my skin crawl. I can't even bear the sight of people who are covered in tattoos. Ugh! It's my little "tic."

I don't mind Halloween costumes, but do they have to be so extreme? Why can't they just create some of the regular types of characters Halloween is associated with, like a really spectacular witch costume... or a great ghost?

My favorite of these types of competitive shows were always the ones featuring Jesse, Duff, Nancy and Carla.

I started watching this with my family cause we thought it would be fun and cool to watch, since it's nearing halloween. We were wrong. The funniest thing about it is the decorating. It's a halloween BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP. They should know how to decorate a cake better than they did. There were cracks in fondant, and the cakes were overall ugly. To top it all off one of them literally had raw pie crust. The judges don't even say anything about it either. Only if they don't enjoy something taste wise. They just don't judge as hardcore as you would expect. I'd rather watch halloween wars which is far more entertaining.

I've loved this show from the very beginning but this season 11 has been painful to watch. Watching Melanie's constant whining/crying and all the other fake drama is like what I assume stepping on a nest of water moccasins would be like. Please Please do better at casting these bakers so the fun is back in the show.

I've watched this show every season for countless years. But if they stick with this new format, it will be my last! I just want to watch creative baking, NOT manufactured drama that is beyond cringe. I don't care about the wackadoodle contestants lives and wish I could edit out every tantrum, tear, lame joke, and the literal peanut gallery that plagues this once simple, unfussy show. I think John Henson is a hoot, but even he seems to be internally embarrassed to be on this season. It's like his personality had to take a back seat so the contestants could stand out, but no one is worthy of the spotlight. Everything I've enjoyed about this show is just... gone. Even the judges seem to be going easy on critiques and overboard on the compliments. I hope and pray someone at Food Network is regretting this decision and returns this show to it's former silly glory.

I don't know where you find these contestants or what you're going for but every season gets more and more ridiculous. I wish you'd get back to a more realistic, serious competition. Most of these people can't bake and are more interested in being a tv spectacle than participating in a serious cooking competition. The blond girl you had on the show this season was a perfect example.